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Scientists Looking for Hydrothermal Vents off Antarctic Coast
04.03.2010
As described in the journal Geophysical Research Letters,scienetists have likely discovered new hydrothermal vents off the coast of Antarctica.
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Widely Distributed Debris in Antarctica Points to Airburst Event Long Ago
04.03.2010
The results of new research presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in The Woodlands, Texas show that a large rock from space might have exploded over Antarctica thousands of years ago. The object, which probably weighed some 100,000 tons, is thought to have exploded in the Earth’s…
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Giant Iceberg from Mertz Glacier in Antarctica could Affect Ocean Conveyor Belt
26.02.2010
A 2,550 square-kilometer iceberg knocked loose from the Mertz Glacier Tongue in East Antarctica earlier this month could disrupt the ocean currents driving weather patterns around the globe, researchers found. The iceberg, which was dislodged by an older one, could disturb the area's exceptionally rich biodiversity.
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Iceberg B15-K Collides with Erkström Ice Shelf
25.02.2010
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research report that the iceberg B15-K collided with the Erkström Ice Shelf in Atka Bay on 11 February 2010. Weighing 400 million tons, the 54 km-long and 5 km-wide iceberg hit the ice shelf in the vicinity of the…
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Antarctic Marine Species Settling under Where Larsen Ice Shelf Once Stood
25.02.2010
The Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research presented their findings of what has happened to an ecosystem previously shielded by the Larsen A/B Ice Shelf on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula before it collapsed in 2002 as part of the United Nations General Assembly declaration…
